Curriculum Vitæ
Jolliffe, Graham
Profile
Since leaving the RN as an experienced and highly valued Air Engineer, Graham has become
recognised as one of the UK’s leading Safety and High Integrity Software specialists. He has
excellent communication and leadership skills having led a number of teams of Safety and software
evaluators. He continues to promote and explore new expedient methods of assessing System
Safety and has taken an active role in a number of UK and International conferences and symposia,
including writing and presenting a number of papers. Graham has been keen advocate to promote the
re-introduction of DS 00-55 Iss 3 for which he is Lead Author and he is currently also taking an active
role as a Technical Author for the update of DS 00-56 Iss 5.
Graham has considerable safety experience in a variety of domains and safety standards including:
DS 00-56, DS 00-55, ARP 4754, IEC 61505, Mil Std 882, DO 178 B and C, IEC 26262, POSMS,
POEMS, MAA Regulations, and various EU directives. Graham has also worked with the following
JSPs 390, 418, 430, 454, 520 and 550+ and undertaken or managed the following safety techniques
and analyses; HAZOPs, SWIFT, PHA, FMECA, FTA, ETA, RBD, SHA, SSHA, SSA, OHSA, OHHA
and Environmental Impact Assessment
Personal Details
Nationality:
British
Security Clearance Level:
DV
Qualifications & Professional Status
 University of York, MSc Safety Critical Systems Engineering.
 Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth, Devon
BSc Naval Engineering.
 Open University, 3 Modules completed for MSc Computing
Studies.
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Certificate in Business Management.
Chartered Engineer.
Fellow Royal Aeronautical Society.
Member Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Skills & Techniques
 Highly experienced, adaptable and versatile Chartered
aerospace engineer.
 Strategic advisor for System Safety and High Integrity Software
assessment and certification.
 High Integrity Software and Safety Critical Systems Engineer.
 Qualified in a variety of IT skills, including high integrity software
engineering assessment, and validation.
 Excellent written and oral communication skills.
 Proven leadership and interpersonal skills.
Employment History
Quintec Associates Limited –
Chief Safety Engineering
Consultant.
Date: Jul 2012 to date
Lead Author responsible for rewriting Def Stan 00-55 Parts 1 and 2
to meet MOD requirements. Technical Author and team member
responsible for the update of Def Stan 00-56 Iss 5. Assisting with
the production and review of part 1 and Data Item Descriptions for
Safety Management Plan, Audit Plan and Command Summary
documentation.
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Date: Mar 2011 to date
Provision of policy advice to MoD Software Safety Working Group
for re-issue of safety critical Defence Standards 00-55 and 00-56,
member of Thales UK Safety Sub-committee and member of Thales
Group Safety Network of Expertise
Date: Jan 2013 to Apr 2013
Produced Cost Benefit Analysis for CVR(T) Roll-Over Protection
System using Event Tree Analysis. Analysis enabled MOD to
determine the effectiveness of the system in a variety of scenarios
across 4 vehicle variants.
Date: Mar 2010 to Dec 2012
Key role as Programme Safety Manager for Chinook Mk 6
CDSMAS responsible for the planning safety, provision of safety
advice and production of key safety documentation deliverables in
support of the Chinook Mk 6 programme. Safety manager for Puma
LEP SCCS. Safety Engineer for FSTA MAS as part of the Air
Tanker programme. Responsible for safety planning, provision of
safety advice and production of key safety documentation
deliverables in support of the wider Air Tanker programme. These
included Safety Management Plan, Safety schedule, Hazard log,
System Safety Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Safety case reports
and safety statements in accordance with Thales processes and
ARP 4754.
Dec 2011 to Feb 2012
Responsible for the timely production of the Release to Service and
Safety Case Report for Avenger Mk 1 on behalf of MFTS. This task
involved the correct identification of operational hazards to allow a
safety case to be produced to support a release to service to
enable RN observer training to be undertaken on a variant of a King
air ER 350 aircraft type.
Quintec Associates Limited –
Principal Safety Engineering
Consultant.
Dec 2009 to Mar 2010
Safety Manager for various special projects at Wells and acting
Safety Manager for FSTA GMSS. Responsible for the maintenance
of project safety documentation including Hazard Logs Safety Case
Reports, Safety certification and provision of safety advice to
programme and senior management.
Dec 2008 to Nov 2009
Key role as Safety Manager for Thales Consortium CIPHER
Programme. Developing successful safety and environmental bid,
Safety and Environmental Management Plan, leading the Safety
and Environmental Assessment for and developing Safety
Capability for the programme.
Aug 2007 to Nov 2008
Production of hazard log and safety case report for FALCON TxSS
communications system and Miltrak battlefield situational
awareness system and subsequent product safety certification for
both systems. Development of safety management plans for FSTA
GPMS and UK MDB DVRB prior to conducting hazard analysis.
Also provided Safety advice on numerous minor communications
projects.
May 2006 to Jul 2007
Integration Manager for Secondary Aircraft and Air Weapons for
CVF. Organised and produced Business Agreements between the
CVF IPT and aircraft and weapons IPTs to de-risk the CVF
programme and as part of the submission for Main Gate approval.
In addition to identifying and resolving equipment, manpower and
cost issues affecting integration, the role also involved the
production of integration trials plans. Also acted as Engineering
Change Manager for the Aviation Team.
Nov 2005 to May 2006
Team Leader for strategic Change Management project for the
implementation of Systems Engineering for Thales Avionic Electrical
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Systems (France). This covered the first phase of the project that
included initial consultation, requirements assessment, and delivery
of a plan for implementation.
The role involved close liaison with key stakeholders from all
aspects of the business, ensuring that both their requirements and
wider Thales System Engineering best practices were moulded into
a coherent implementation plan that would benefit the company and
their customers, in a cost effective manner.
Technical Assurance Manager
for Safety and Software.
Date: Jun 2003 to Nov 2005
Test and Evaluation Sector, QinetiQ, Boscombe Down. In addition
to the duties of the Software Assessment Technical Leader role
below:
Provide technical assurance for all platforms for Safety and
Software related projects at Boscombe Down.
Develop, implement and monitor a plan for improving Safety and
Software Assessment capability, including resource usage, training
and techniques assessment.
Software Assessment
Technical Leader - Aircraft
Test and Evaluation Sector,
QinetiQ, Boscombe Down.
Date: 2000 to 2003
Provide assessment of software integrity and fitness for purpose to
Project Managers for all rotary wing aircraft and systems including
Lynx upgrade, Merlin, Chinook and Apache.
Provide software integrity advice to Senior QinetiQ management
and MoD customers, including presentations and reports.
Validating and assessing new software analysis tools and
techniques.
Determine future Software Assessment resources and mentoring
existing software assessors.
Royal Navy - Sea King
Integrated Operational Support
Project Manager, temporary
work for the Sea King
Integrated Project Team
(SKIPT) within the Defence
Logistics organisation (DLO).
Date: 2000 Apr to Jun
Study possibilities of greater industry participation in the support of
all Sea King aircraft.
Responsibilities include the provision of a complete Cost
Breakdown Structure for all Sea King marks, from equipment
procurement through operational support, to disposal.
A Close liaison was formed with industry partners, MoD agencies
and stakeholders, essential to ensure success of this project.
Staff Officer Aircraft
Engineering, at the Joint
Helicopter Command (JHC).
Date: 1999 to 2000
A newly formed Command following the Strategic Defence Review
of 1998 and part of the Army’s HQ Land, Wilton.
Engineering and Logistical Manager of all RAF Puma, Wessex and
RN Sea King Mk 4 support helicopters to meet operational
requirements in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia, Belize,
Mozambique and embarked exercises within allocated budget.
Duties include: planning modification, repair and overhaul
programmes with other MoD agencies and civilian contractors to
meet the requirements of being cost effective, on budget and time,
and meet the required quality standards.
Modifications include: U/VHF communications, Health and Usage
monitoring, GPS, IR Jammers, Radar and Missile Warners.
Provide engineering policy advice to the Command.
Monitor Flight Safety and airworthiness issues to ensure the
continued safe operation of the above aircraft.
Trained user in CHOTS (Windows NT and Officepower).
Sea King Fleet Manager.
Date: 1997 - 1999
Staff Officer to Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA). Engineering
Manager for all RN Sea King Aircraft, to meet fleet operational
requirements within allocated budget. Duties were similar to those
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above.
The Air Engineer Officer 846
Naval Air Squadron.
Date: 1996 to 1997
Provided the planning and management of maintenance and
manpower to meet Commando Squadron commitments in all
theatres, including operations in Northern Ireland, and exercises in
Norway, United States, and the Far East. Squadron comprised 10
Sea King HC Mk 4 Helicopters, 26 Officers and 154 men.
Armament Electrical Project
Leader.
Date: 1992 to 1996
Software Validation Team Leader of Armament and Mission
Systems Division, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency,
Boscombe Down. Duties included:
Project management, costing and planning of Aircraft Electrical and
EMC Trials, safety impact and analysis of Safety Critical software.
Wide use of software engineering tools, especially Spade and
MALPAS (used for the static analysis of the Sea Harrier Missile
Control System and the Tornado F3 Missile Management System).
Produced Military Aircraft Release (MAR) safety recommendations
for Harrier, Sea Harrier, Tornado, Merlin and Lynx.
Production of Tender Assessment recommendations for Attack
helicopter and Nimrod aircraft.
Policy advice to MoD agencies for safety critical defence standards,
particularly Def Stans 00-970, 00-55 and 00-56.
Responsible for the design, procurement and installation of the
Armament and Mission Systems Division LAN, which included email and registry management systems.
Small Systems Group Officer.
Date: 1989 to 1992
Responsible for the Fleet Air Arm Information Technology computer
systems from Laptop to Local Area Networks. Responsible for
design Analysis, procurement and installation of FAAIT’s first large
LAN on 6 servers for 170 users, utilising SSADM under PRINCE. A
comprehensive knowledge of UNIX, VMS, MS-DOS and application
software was essential for these tasks.
Date: 1987 to 1989
Deputy Air Engineer Officer HMS INVINCIBLE.
Date: 1984 to 1987
Quality Assurance & Examinations Assessment Officer, RN Air
Engineering School.
Date: 1983 to 1984
Deputy Air Engineer Officer 706 Naval Air Squadron, 12 Sea King
HAS Mk 5 Helicopters.
Achievements
Training & Development Courses: Intermediate French
Britannia Royal Naval College, Officer Training.
Computer Software Language Courses in Ada, CORAL, Pascal.
MALPAS Software Analysis Course.
Computer Small Systems Workshop Training.
Unix Super users and Administrators Course.
Computer Small Systems Group Course.
Chots Training (Officepower and Windows NT).
Royal Navy Flight Safety Course.
RAF Cranwell Airworthiness Course.
Business Management Course.
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